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Ask A Doctor #11: How to Parent in a Pandemic

Dr Rajini Sarvananthan, Consultant Developmental Paediatrician

23-Apr-20 11:00

Ask A Doctor #11: How to Parent in a Pandemic

Due to COVID-19, parents everywhere are stuck at home with their increasingly restless and bored children. Everything has gone out the window: routines, discipline, studies and even eating habits! Dr Rajini Sarvananthan, Consultant Developmental Paediatrician, addresses the problems that parents are facing during the Movement Control Order.

Produced by: Lim Sue Ann, Tee Shiao Eek

Presented by: Meera Sivasothy


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Categories:  Health Policy,  Diseases and Conditions,  Mental Health,  Healthy Living,  Fitness,  Science,  SME,  Medical Innovation and Technology

Tags:  COVID-19,  Movement Control Order,  lockdown,  parenting,  children,  discipline,  home schooling,  education,  Health & Living,  The Bigger Picture, 


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